Beat the Shift Podcast – AL Central Episode w/ Jeff Zimmerman
The AL Central Episode of the Beat the Shift Podcast – a baseball podcast for fantasy baseball players.
Guest: Jeff Zimmerman
Strategy Section / Mailbag
- What to look at / reasoning for setting weekly pitching lineups.
- How to accumulate “risk” & other strategies if behind in the standings and trying to catch up.
- How many points behind first place is it not too late to catch up to first?
- Sell high on Julio Rodriguez?
AL Central
- Royals
- Andrew Benintendi
- Salvador Perez
- Value of players traded to the AL East
- Players likely to be traded away from the Royals
- Twins
- Luis Arraez’s trade value
- Miguel Sano
- Guardians
- Injury Guru’s Trivia of the Week
- Franmil Reyes
- Myles Straw
- Amed Rosario
- Andres Gimenez
- White Sox
- Thoughts on Tony LaRussa
- Will Lance Lynn rebound?
- Will Eloy Jimenez find success in the second half?
- Tigers
- Is Akil Baddoo worth rostering in fantasy now that he is back up?
- Will Jeimer Candelario turn it around?
AL Central Predictions
Waiver Wire / Pitcher Preview
Injury Update – Reuven gives us the injury updates.
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Ariel is the 2019 FSWA Baseball Writer of the Year. Ariel is also the winner of the 2020 FSWA Baseball Article of the Year award. He is the creator of the ATC (Average Total Cost) Projection System. Ariel was ranked by FantasyPros as the #1 fantasy baseball expert in 2019. His ATC Projections were ranked as the #1 most accurate projection system over the past three years (2019-2021). Ariel also writes for CBS Sports, SportsLine, RotoBaller, and is the host of the Beat the Shift Podcast (@Beat_Shift_Pod). Ariel is a member of the inaugural Tout Wars Draft & Hold league, a member of the inaugural Mixed LABR Auction league and plays high stakes contests in the NFBC. Ariel is the 2020 Tout Wars Head to Head League Champion. Ariel Cohen is a fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) and the Society of Actuaries (SOA). He is a Vice President of Risk Management for a large international insurance and reinsurance company. Follow Ariel on Twitter at @ATCNY.